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New Delhi : India reported 60,753 new Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours taking the tally of cases recorded so far in the country to 2,98,23,546 at 8 am on June 19, 2021. India continues to report a sustained slide in the daily new Covid cases. Less than 1 lakh Daily New Cases have been reported for 12 continuous days now.
India has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The country’s Active Caseload was 7,60,019, the lowest reported active cases in 74 days. A net decline of 38,637 is witnessed in the last 24 hours and active cases accounted for only 2.55% of the country’s total Positive Cases on June 19, 2021..
As more people are getting recovered from Covid-19 infection, India’s Daily Recoveries continued to outnumber the Daily New Cases for 37 consecutive days on June 19, 2021. A total of 97,743 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. Nearly 37 thousand (36,990) more recoveries were reported during the last 24 hours as compared to the daily new cases.
Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,86,78,390 people have already recovered from Covid-19 and 97,743 patients recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 96.16%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 19,02,009 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 38,92,07,637 tests so far.
While on one side testing has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 3.58% while the Daily Positivity rate was 2.98% on June 19, 2021. It has remained less than 5% for 12 consecutive days now.
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage exceeds 27.23 crore today. A total of 27,23,88,783 vaccine doses have been administered through 37,48,147 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on June 19, 2021. Altogether 33,00,085 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.